--You will have until 6am, Monday, March 6, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win.

--One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, March 6, after 6am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!

Congratulations, Nancy Penir! Please send an email to customer service and provide them with your full name and the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to. Thanks so much to everyone for playing along!

Today we are excited to present the BIG monthly Blog Hop that Papertrey Ink hosts for all of its talented customers to show off their skills! The Blog Hop is an ALL DAY EVENT! An Inlinkz list is posted below and you can add your link anytime up until 11:30pm ET. And don't worry if you didn't get a chance to make a project and play along, there is a contest for non-participants as well over in our forum in the designated thread. I look forward to seeing all of your creativity!

A day dedicated to seeking inspiration through projects utilizing Papertrey Ink products. This event allows all of our customers who enjoy sharing inspiration & artwork with their peers do so through their personal blogs.

Over the last few years I have found myself using more and more white in my designs, so I found this particular inspiration photo captivating. With lots of rich, deep hues and a few pops of gold metallic sheens, this palette is sophisticated and regal. Maybe start with a Smokey Shadow background and build from there. Then pile on the pinks, purples and maybe a few splashes of red or orange. Banners could house your gold embossed sentiment. Maybe a scrap of gorgeous velvet ribbon. Or use the heirloom diamond rings as inspiration to add some bling to your project. Have fun experimenting outside of your comfort zone with this one!

-Participating bloggers can add their link to the appropriate list here anytime between 10am ET and 11:30pm ET on February 25th within the InLinkz list below. The title of your post should be "Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge".

-Only one entry per person please.

-Customers & participants alike can peruse all of the links and absorb all of the amazing inspiration that will be shared!

-After you have made your way through the list, simply return to our forum and participate in all of the fun!

-You can chit chat with everyone in the Blog Hop forum! Take this time to praise your peers efforts, discuss anything new you might have learned and which projects really offered something unique!

-The three random blogger participant winners will be announced Sunday morning on our forum and highlighted here on my blog!

-You can enter our Blog Hop Forum contest. There is a special thread posted in our forum specifically for this purpose asking a question. Please only post once, as the winner will be picked via the Random Number Generator. The forum contest will end at midnight ET and the winner announced Sunday morning.

-Create a project while you are here, using the new inspiration you have gathered from the Blog Hop. You can post your projects in the gallery, even if you do not have a blog! We are looking forward to all the fun today! Thank you for joining us!

EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS:

Kristie H made this showstopper after taking a look at this month's inspiration photo. I'm in love with all of the variations of gray paired up with the bold pinks used in the florals. Keeping the sentiment nice and simple was also a great touch.

Joyce created this lovely floral card with lots of pretty pinks and purples. Lots of lacy details make this a pretty project with lots of feminine details. The dark background definitely makes everything pop.

Victoria H put together this baby card with a bold gold sentiment. The contrast of the gold and the dark background are fabulous together. The soft blue gingham adds a little bit of a baby touch.

Congratulations to all the winners! Please email customer service and provide them with your full name and the email address you want your gift certificate sent to. Thanks for joining us in this month's hop and sharing all of your beautiful creations with us!

The February Blog Hop is not taking place until February 25th, but we thought we would share the challenge as well as the inspiration photo here to give you a head start.

A day dedicated to seeking inspiration through projects utilizing Papertrey Ink products.This event allows all of our customers who enjoy sharing inspiration & artwork with their peers do so through their personal blogs.

The actual Blog Hop will take place on February 25th, beginning @ 10 am EST.

Over the last few years I have found myself using more and more white in my designs, so I found this particular inspiration photo captivating. With lots of rich, deep hues and a few pops of gold metallic sheens, this palette is sophisticated and regal. Maybe start with a Smokey Shadow background and build from there. Then pile on the pinks, purples and maybe a few splashes of red or orange. Banners could house your gold embossed sentiment. Maybe a scrap of gorgeous velvet ribbon. Or use the heirloom diamond rings as inspiration to add some bling to your project. Have fun experimenting outside of your comfort zone with this one!

It has been a whirlwind ten days of celebration and we are so pleased that so many of you joined us on this journey through Papertrey history! We are excited to announce all of the winners from this celebration of the past!

Congratulations to all of the winners! Each of you have won a $25 Papertrey Gift Certificate! Please email customer service and provide them with your full name and the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to. Thank you to everyone for joining us on this walk down memory lane the last ten days! It has been so fun to see everyone dig out some of their older sets and put them to use! We hope to see you back her on February 25th for the Blog Hop, as well as March 5th when we begin another TEN DAYS of celebrating our 10th anniversary!

Series 6 is the final series of the romantic-drama show, Downton Abbey. It premiered in the UK on ITV Sunday September 20, 2015, and premiered in the US on PBS January 3, 2016.

The United States presidential election kept us all on the edge of our seats for months.

The Summer Olympics in Rio brought a much-needed diversion from the election madness, despite dealing with its own share of scandals. Team USA medaled 121 times, while 19 world records and 65 Olympic records were broken during the two-and-a-half-week event.

Tulip Time - Nothing says spring like seeing the first tulips peek through the ground, bringing with them hope for the coming spring when life is new and fresh! Enjoy this flower favorite in your stamping projects with the Tulip Time Stamp Set. The multi-step images will add pretty shading and bountiful color to your stamped images. Use them to create stunning focal points or backgrounds. Try your hand at layering them over a watercolor background for a pretty, artistic touch. A couple of butterflies and a handful of sentiments in the prettiest of script fonts finish off the set.

Betsy says, "Working as a floral designer for 12 years, I became pretty familiar with many different flowers, which comes in pretty handy when illustrating them for stamp designs. The Tulip Time set is one that I'm probably most proud of in terms of illustration, plus it's fun to stamp! I think it's safe to say that it became a favorite for many of you as well. With spring approaching I was excited to pull it out again for today's project!"

Scherenschnitte, which means “scissor cuts” in German, is the art of intricate paper cutting. Now you can easily capture a similar look in your own paper crafting with the Paper Clippings series of stamps and dies. The Paper Clippings: Love Story stamp set includes an oversized sentiment and a gorgeous multi-step book image that will take center stage on special cards and projects for weddings, anniversaries, and more! Pair the stamps with the coordinating die, which is sized to fill a standard card front, or use them on their own to create stunning stamped focal points on your cards and projects. The beautiful book image would also pair perfectly with many of the other “book” themed items already in the Papertrey line of products!

Just Desserts - There’s nothing better than celebrating someone’s birthday with a big slice of delicious cake. Use this celebratory set to create cakes in any flavor imaginable, adorned with fruit, flowers, and festive sprinkles. The mix and match possibilities will keep you whipping up special projects for hours!

Lizzie says, "Just Desserts may be my very favorite of the sets I've designed so far. I mean, what's not to love about birthdays, cake, and sprinkles? This set is so much fun to use and it's versatile enough to make cards for just about anyone!"

Painted Petals - Create beautiful hand-printed floral looks with these multi-step images. Have endless hours of fun experimenting with the various layers and all of the color combinations you can use. The sentiments included are a fantastic complement to the floral arrangements you can make.

Michelle says, "Painted Petals is an a-mazing floral set with boundless possibilities. I could, quite literally, play for days - mixing and matching colors and sentiments to create THE most beautiful flowers/floral arrangements. And there are sentiments for any and all occasions! What’s not to love?"

To Have & To Hold is a beautiful floral set to celebrate weddings, anniversaries, and love. The set features a heart shaped wreath along with all sorts of flowers and foliage elements to dress up the wreath and/or projects. The script sentiments add the perfect touch for sending your well wishes and love.

Melissa says, "When it comes to my weaknesses, wreaths are right up there at the top. I love decorating with them and really enjoy stamping with them, or creating them from stamped images. Therefore, the darling, twiggy wreath from the To Have & To Hold stamp set is a favorite image of mine. I love the tiny, delicate flowers that accompany it, making it perfect for so many different occasions."

Lexi says, " My favorite Pieces of Confetti set from 2016 would have to be Invitation Basics. The different elements in the set are perfect for creating clean and simple invitations and birthday cards. Who knew a couple of little rectangles could be so versatile and fun?! It hasn’t been around that long yet, but I have already reached for it several times. Today, I have cake - head on over for a slice!"

-Do you already own any of the five sets that were highlighted today? Time to dust them off and make an all new project using it!

-Don't own any of today's showcased sets? Draw inspiration from any of the projects highlighted in todays' post and adapt a Papertrey set that you already own.

-Share your new project with us in the Inlinkz list below and you will have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate! Only one project entry per person please.

-For an alternate/additional way to win, leave us a comment letting us know what your favorite 2016 Papertrey stamp set is and why. It can be one of the sets shown today, or you can check out the "Stamps by Release" section of our store HERE. We will randomly select a winner from the comments for an additional $25 gift certificate.

-You have until 7am ET, February 21st to add your project and/or comment. Winners will be selected that morning and posted on a special "Celebrating the Past, Present & Future: Winners" post the next morning, 7am ET, February 22nd. We can't wait to see your projects!